He saved a lot of great dialog for himself: "I told all your colleagues, those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die". RIP.
That this was specifically about telling transphobes to knock it off feels very relevant in the current moment.
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
We discovered a cut that was about three hours that people who hadn’t read the book seemed to understand. Had a different intro and flowed better. I’ve seen three versions of this movie. The theatrical and the longest one both sucked for anyone not a Herbert fan. I thought the longest was the director’s cut but he never did one. Perhaps it was the TV movie cut. But I don’t know what the “good” one was called.
My best guess is that you're thinking of the Spicediver edit, a fan edit which runs about three hours, and is highly regarded.
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#163Lynch's was still my favorite version of Dune despite flaws.
Yep, no contest. Compared to the sterile, boring, brooding Villeneuve version - a tone that worked well in Blade Runner 2049 however - it's so much more entertaining and interesting.
Lynch had the cojones to show a guild navigator
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#164I'm so grateful he was able to make Twin Peaks: The Return before he passed. It's one of the most brilliant and moving pieces of fiction I've ever experienced. If they had started it just a few years later it may have never been finished.
Yes, I came here just to post this. I loved Twin Peaks and was devastated when it was canceled after the second season. It was just too deep and cerebral for early 90s prime time TV. But I somehow never even heard about Twin Peaks: The Return in 2018 because it was only on Showtime and I was busy with life stuff at the time.
Discovering it existed and watching it a couple years ago was such an awesome experience.
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#165I loved his sense of humor.
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#166During Covid I started watching his daily weather update, even though I didn’t live in LA. Virtually every day was the same. Very clear. Very still. I’m not sure if anyone could ever “get” one of his movies completely beyond the experience and the narrative. He always left so much unsaid and open to interpretation, just like life. They are movies designed to make the viewer feel a certain way, rather than literally w…
It took me a little while to be convinced that he was actually reporting the weather as it was like at his home rather than saying the same thing every day. But, no, he was really reporting the weather and the weather is really just always like that in LA.
LA weather is either "coastal low clouds will burn off by late morning, it'll be a lovely day", StormWatch(TM), or Santa Ana winds.
There's no other options :P
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#167So sad Among everything else, he made me discover one of my favourite bands, Au Revoir Simone
Thanks for sharing. TIL that there's a band named after a quote in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure".
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#168Farewell eagle scout from Missoula, Montana.
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#169He said something like, in speaking with a therapist, ”if i get therapy, is there a risk i’ll lose my creativity?”, and she said ”yes”. So he didn’t take it if i recall, and did this transcendental meditation thing instead. That’s someone who loves his art.
100%. As he's described it himself, he was certainly dedicated to the art life.
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have never seen a single one of his movies but I love watching interviews with him, he had an amazing presence and so much energy.
Start with "Eraserhead" and then go from there. Surreal is the word I associate with his movies and tv show (Twin Peaks) and I absolutely love watching such movies!
Season 3 Twin Peaks is peak "I don't know what am I looking at".